}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkdev_driver_ioctl);
 
+int __blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
+                       unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+       struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
+       int ret;
+       /* you bet it'll go away by the end of patch series */
+       struct file fake_file = {};
+       struct dentry fake_dentry = {};
+       fake_file.f_mode = mode;
+       fake_file.f_path.dentry = &fake_dentry;
+       fake_dentry.d_inode = bdev->bd_inode;
+
+       if (disk->fops->unlocked_ioctl)
+               return disk->fops->unlocked_ioctl(&fake_file, cmd, arg);
+
+       if (disk->fops->ioctl) {
+               lock_kernel();
+               ret = disk->fops->ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, &fake_file, cmd, arg);
+               unlock_kernel();
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       return -ENOTTY;
+}
+/*
+ * For the record: _GPL here is only because somebody decided to slap it
+ * on the previous export.  Sheer idiocy, since it wasn't copyrightable
+ * at all and could be open-coded without any exports by anybody who cares.
+ */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__blkdev_driver_ioctl);
+
 /*
  * always keep this in sync with compat_blkdev_ioctl() and
  * compat_blkdev_locked_ioctl()
 
        case CDROM_LAST_WRITTEN:
        case CDROM_SEND_PACKET:
        case SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND:
-               return blkdev_driver_ioctl(pd->bdev->bd_inode, pd->bdev->bd_disk,
-                                       file, cmd, arg);
+               return __blkdev_driver_ioctl(pd->bdev, file ? file->f_mode : 0,
+                                       cmd, arg);
 
        default:
                VPRINTK(DRIVER_NAME": Unknown ioctl for %s (%x)\n", pd->name, cmd);
 
                        unsigned long arg)
 {
        struct linear_c *lc = (struct linear_c *) ti->private;
-       struct block_device *bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
-       struct file fake_file = {};
-       struct dentry fake_dentry = {};
-
-       fake_file.f_mode = lc->dev->mode;
-       fake_file.f_path.dentry = &fake_dentry;
-       fake_dentry.d_inode = bdev->bd_inode;
-
-       return blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, &fake_file, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg);
+       return __blkdev_driver_ioctl(lc->dev->bdev, lc->dev->mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 static int linear_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
 
 {
        struct multipath *m = (struct multipath *) ti->private;
        struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
+       fmode_t mode = 0;
        unsigned long flags;
-       struct file fake_file = {};
-       struct dentry fake_dentry = {};
        int r = 0;
 
-       fake_file.f_path.dentry = &fake_dentry;
-
        spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags);
 
        if (!m->current_pgpath)
 
        if (m->current_pgpath) {
                bdev = m->current_pgpath->path.dev->bdev;
-               fake_dentry.d_inode = bdev->bd_inode;
-               fake_file.f_mode = m->current_pgpath->path.dev->mode;
+               mode = m->current_pgpath->path.dev->mode;
        }
 
        if (m->queue_io)
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
 
-       return r ? : blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, &fake_file,
-                                        bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg);
+       return r ? : __blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
        struct module *owner;
 };
 
+extern int __blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct block_device *, fmode_t, unsigned int,
+                                unsigned long);
 #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 /*
  * stubs for when the block layer is configured out